ESP (producers of PHB) is Daniel Collás and Sean Marquand, two New York underground club DJs who became restless with the concept of playing other people’s music. Having been involved with and disenchanted by the local rock and roll scene, they began to focus on producing. Their initial projects resuscitated the respective careers of two veteran soul acts (New York’s Joe Bataan and Brazil’s União Black) and garnered critical acclaim, leading Daniel & Sean to set their sights on The Phenomenal Handclap Band. Members of such diverse bands as TV on the Radio, L’Trimm, Calla, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mooney Suzuki, and Sí Se all contribute their individual talents to the album.

Talking to Pitchfork last year, frontman Ekhi Lopetegi said that they were recording the album in Spain with the help of Barcelona scene buddies like John Talabot. Yeah Yeah Yeahs/TV on the Radio engineer Chris Coady mixed the album in New York. The band is also planning to release singles with remixes from folks like Tanlines and Tiedeye.

Brooklyn's Shellshag is touring all the time and sometimes they do release a record. The third is Rumors In Disguise. Abrasive sludgepunk. This song reminds me of nerdrock from the ninetees (Weezer, Rentals, Nerf Herder etc.).

Broken Bells is an American indie rock band featuring artist–producer Danger Mouse (billed by his real name, Brian Burton) and James Mercer the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins.

Eluvium is the moniker of ambient recording artist Matthew Cooper, who currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Cooper, who was born in Tennessee and raised in Louisville, Kentucky before relocating to the Northwest, is known for blending various genres of experimental music including shoegaze, electronic, minimalist and piano.

Too late to get into my end year list last year. Their album will (for the rest of the world after Canada) appear in March. A big, BIG nomination for my end list of 2010 with their album: Everyone all at once.

The track features guest vocals by Horace Andy and was premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 25 August 2009. The track is to be featured on Massive Attack's fifth album Heligoland, which is planned for a February 2010 release.